Adjustable headlight.



latter rounds RALPH L. EDMONDS, 0F FANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, I MCINTEER, OFRAYTOWN,

i ADJUSTABLE HEADLIGHT.

Application filed March 26, 1915.

means for retaining said'headlights in paralor substantially so, withthe of the car, so that when the a curve in a road the headlights willturn laterally with said front wheels and project rays of'light aroundsaid curve in advance of the car. Thus the driver can readily follow allcurves in a road on the darkest night, which is not the case with fixedheadlights, as the latter cast their beams at a tangent .to the curvesand thus leave the same in darkness.

lel position, front wheels A further object is to provide means,

whereby one of the headlights may be held in fixed position While itscompanion turns laterally with the front wheels, as abovementioned.

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear, and in orderthat said invention may befully understood, reference will now be madeto the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a broken plan View of the front portion of an automobileprovided with my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section ofthe parts disclosed by Fig. 1, with the addition of the headlights.irregular section'on line IIIIII of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail sideelevation. Fig. 5 is a section, enlarged, on line 'V-V of Fig. 2.

A designates-the front port of the chassis, B the front wheels, (3, thesteering-arms, and D the headlights of the foregoing parts being of anyordinary or preferred'construction.

In carrying out the invention, I mount ash headlight D upon a fork 1 onthe upper end of a shaft 2, provided with a crank-arm 3. The shafts 2while the longer one is mounted in a bracket 5, both of which aresecurely bolted orother- Wise secured to the adjacent sides of thechassis A. Brackets 4 and 5 have lower bear- 7 Specification of LettersPatent.

in the county of Jackson and State and the adjacent Fig. '3 is an of anautomobile, all

are of diiferent lengths, the shorter one being mounted in a bracket 4,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO F. C. MISSOURI.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916. Serial No. 17,149.

i-ngs 6 and upper bearings 7, in which the respective shafts 2 arejournaled. The upper bearings 7 are provided with balls 8, which operatein ball-races in said bearings 7 and in peripheral shoulders 9 on theshafts 2. 6' The lower bearings 6 are provided with suitable means forsecuring the shafts 2 in fixed position when desired, sothat they cannot.turn laterally with the front wheels B. Any

as set-screws 10, may be 6 suitable means, such in such provided forsecuring the shafts 2 fixed position.

The shafts 2 are prevented from moving upward off the balls 8 by nuts11, .threaded 'upon the lower ends of said shafts 2, which 7b latterhave shoulders 12 to prevent the nuts from being screwed'up far enoughto draw the shoulders-9 down too tightly upon the balls 8. A washer 13is interposed between I one of the nuts 11 and the underside of theadjacent bearing 6, to turn with said nut and prevent it from becomingaccidentally unscrewed from its shaft 2. The other shaft 2 has arectangular portion 14: just below the adjacent bearing 6, to receive acrank-arm 15, which has an opening snugly fitting said rectangularportion 14, to prevent independent rotation of said shaft 2, anditscrankarm 15. A washer 16 is interposed between=- the lower end of therectangular portion 14 nut 11, to prevent accidental unscrewing of saidnut. 1'7 designates a link for connecting the crank-arm 15 to theadjacent steering-arm C, v

so that the latter can actuate the former. In

order to vary the throw of the crank-arm 15 and consequent rotation ofthe headlights D, I provide said crank-arm with a series of holes 18,any one of which is adapted to receive the upturned end of the link 1719 designates a connecting-rod pivotallysecured at its ends to thecrank-arms 3 to cause simultaneous rotation of the shafts 2.

From the foregoing description, it is obvious that when the front turnedlaterally to go around a corner, the lamps D are turned therewiththrough the intermediacy of the intermediate mechanism, and since saidmechanism is connected to but one steering-arm C, there is no danger of105 any of the parts binding or buckling in operation. This arrangementof connecting my mechanism with but one steering-arm C also permits oneheadlight to turn laterally with the front wheels, while the other head-110 wheels B are portion thereof, said brackets adapted to support saidlamps above the upper plane of the wheels, each; of said brackets havingright angled ends forming spaced bearings, one of the brackets beingrelatively long,

and having one of its bearings in a plane 1 with the axis of the frontwheels of the automobile, lamp supporting shafts mounted in the bearingsof the brackets, the shaft sup? ported by the long bracket, having oneof its ends extending below the lower bearing thereof, said shaft havinga right angled end portion, extending in the-same plane with thesteeringarm, and a horizontal link extending at right angles to the right angledend of the shaft of the long bracket and the steering arm, forconnecting the steering arm and shaft of the long bracket, and means forconnecting the lamp supporting shafts. v

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

v ALPH L. ,EDMONDS. Witnesses: i

F. G. liisonnn, FrscHER.

